One [film] is based on the Medea myth about a woman who kil… - Peter Greenaway

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One [film] is based on the Medea myth about a woman who kills her own child -- The Love of Ruins. It is almost a technical exercise to see if I can convince an audience or make an audience sympathetic to a woman who kills her own child.

Peter Greenaway

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Peter Greenaway CBE (born 5 April 1942) is a Welsh film director.

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